Vietnam expanding international sci tech cooperation

(VEN) – International science and technology (sci-tech) integration has enabled Vietnam’s sci-tech development and provided with it access to cutting-edge technology. Agreements, more agreements The Ministry of Science and Technology says international cooperation and integration is an important channel for Vietnam to access foreign management expertise and mobilize technological and financial resources for the country’s sci-tech development. Vietnam has scientific and technological relations with almost 70 countries and territories, including Russia, Japan, the US, Germany, and Finland. It has also joined 100 international sci-tech organizations, and signed and implemented more than 80 government-level and ministerial-level sci-tech cooperation protocols. Vietnam has reached many cooperation agreements in the fields of biotechnology, advanced material technology, space technology, atomic energy and new energy, and projects on enhancing national sci-tech capacity, such as funding packages worth millions of US dollars as part of cooperative projects with Finland and the World Bank. Dr. Nguyen Duc Minh, General Director of the Industrial Machinery and Instruments Holding (IMI), said international sci-tech cooperation plays an important role in scientific research and technology transfer development. It enables the institute to obtain and apply modern technology appropriate for conditions in Vietnam to create high-tech products as state-of-the-art as those it could buy only from other countries in the past, he said. While enhancing international sci-tech cooperation, IMI has also succeeded in providing consultancy and technological solutions for domestic businesses, Minh said. Striving for independence The government has formulated many policies and guidelines to promote international sci-tech integration. For example, Prime Ministerial… [Read full story]